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Originally posted by: Indulekha00

I would love to read a humorous, romantic story between a North Indian and South Indian. I would prefer the South Indian to be a malayali (coz I am one). One or both characters could be not well versed in the other's language. My choice of characters would be on Manan, Maaneet, Rishbhala, Arnav-Khushi.

Are there any interlingual fan fictions so far? I haven't seen anyone taking up Indulekha00's prompt.

My fan fictions are mostly based on Mehandī Hai Racanevālī, a Hindi remake of a Telugu original (Goriṇṭāku). The remake's leads were Pallavi Deshmukh (Marathi) and Raghav Rao (Telugu). Raghav and his mother spoke Hindi as if masculine is the only gender. For the first couple of months, there was some humour based on the language barrier, but it dwindled as the show dragged on. Examples:

• Pallavi says the wrong thing in Telugu, trying to impress her Hyderabadi customers.
• Pallavi only knows enough Telugu to ask a child how he got injured, and the boy points to where Raghav is beating up an old man, so that Pallavi assumes that Raghav attacked a child. (We never found out what really happened to the boy.)
• Pallavi trips, Raghav catches her, they stare into each other's eyes, and flustered Pallavi says "I may do anything, what's it to you?" in Marathi, amused Raghav asks, "What did you say?" in Telugu, Pallavi asks in Marathi, "Don't you understand Hindi?" and Raghav says in Hindi and English that he does, but his face makes people forget how to talk properly, Pallavi retorts in Marathi, "Don't call yourself a hero, understand?" and Raghav says "Except 'hero,' I didn't understand anything," in Telugu, and after some talk in Hindi, Raghav asks her to sit in Telugu, Pallavi mutters, "What a crazy man" in Marathi, and offers him money, to which Raghav says "Thanks" in Telugu, and Pallavi mutters, "What kind of person is this? I just don't understand!" in Marathi, and hands him a feminine hygiene pad by mistake.
• Raghav punches Akash several times for making friends with Kirti, threatening him in a different South Indian language after each punch.
  
• Raghav yells, "Get away from where he's pointing the gun!" in Telugu, and Pallavi doesn't understand, so Raghav translates; Pallavi yells, "That's what I'm doing!" in Marathi, and Raghav doesn't understand, so Pallavi translates.
  

In my fan fictions, since I don't know any Telugu, the language barrier is one-sided. Raghav feels left out when Pallavi talks to her other husband in Marathi, but he understands that his nickname is Ghaṭotkaca.

Originally posted by: oye_nakhrewaali

A college romance where someone confesses about their crush for the girl on the confession page and she keeps thinking about it, searching for the guy until she finds out the dude and they have their happily ever after (or a real relationship, your call)

If you can write about a homosexual couple, be my guest😅

Incase you don't know what a confession page is:

Pages on Instagram and fb that collect anonymous confession from the college/organization memebers.

FB has inbuilt feature, I think, and Instagram account handlers provide links of site sarahaha or such that keep posts anonymous or ask for uns and then those screen shots are posted on Instagram page

Finally managed to write on it. Hope you like it honey 😘

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5277740#160178301

Inspired by the gif prompts in the Santa prompts contest, here are a few more from my favorite movies for whoever wants to use them! Have fun writing!

Roman Holiday

Arsenic and old lace

The Princess Bride

Bringing up baby

Ferris Bueller's day off

Notorious

Give me a Romantic prompt

You like because, and you love despite

Character A complains about everything wrong with thier partner character B and has a vision/meets an alternate universe version (basically anything) and finally gets to meet their partner with all their flaws eradicated, only problem, they don't like them anymore and miss all the stupidities that B did

Not tagging one, but if anyone is interested, have a whirl😅

Prompt: one or more characters has to improvise an ukhāṇā about her/his spouse.

This is a scene that Marathi daily dramas use as a post-wedding ritual and on other festive occasions. Ukhāṇā is a verse that states the spouse's name in the context of some auspicious imagery (e.g. vegetation in season, invoking a deity, luxury utensils). It's usually an end-rhyming couplet, but can be a verse with any number of lines of variable length, with the spouse's name occurring in the final or penultimate line. Traditionally, only wives are asked to recite ukhāṇe, but nowadays daily dramas like to show husbands being put on the spot to produce imagery and rhyme.

Every husband who can't compose his own couplet is teasingly prompted to use this ukhāṇā:

Bhājīta bhājī methīcī.

____ mājhī prītīcī.

The vegetable among vegetables is fenugreek.

_____ is the one I love.

There are so many emotions that your story can communicate through ukhāṇe.

The exuberant ukhāṇā; the groom loves his bride and wants everyone to know:

Ekā varṣāta mahine asatāta bārā.

Svanandi-cyā nāṃvātaça daḍalāya ānanda sārā.

In one year the number of months is twelve.

In Svanandi's name itself is hidden my total bliss.

The ironic ukhāṇā; the bride is tragically unaware that her in-laws are plotting against her:

Çāndīcyā tabakāta phaṇasāçe gare.

Indraneel-rāvāñcyā gharāta khoṭyālā praveśa nāhī; sagaḷeça khare.

On a silver plate are slices of jackfruit.

In Master Indraneel's house, falsehood has no entry; all are honest.

The dutiful and demure ukhāṇā; the bride has accepted her loveless marriage:

Maṅgaḷasūtrācyā dona vāṭyā, sāsara an māhera.

Abhimanyu-rāvāṃnī dilā malā āza saubhāgyāçā āhera.

The wedding-necklace's two cups are my marital and parental homes.

Master Abhimanyu gave me today the gift of wifehood.

The veiled insult in ukhāṇā; the bride lets her groom know that she has regrets:

Sāgarālā ālī bharatī, nadīlā ālā pūra.

Mahesh-sāṭhī kelaṃ mī māzhaṃ māhera dūra.

The ocean is at high tide; the river has flooded.

For Mahesh I left my parental home far away.

The stoic ukhāṇā; the groom assures his bride that he takes her moods in stride:

Āmbaṭa-goḍa divasāṃnā ekamekāñcī sātha.

Ānandāta rāhīna dharūna Sampada-çā hāta.

For sour-sweet days we have each other's company.

Happily I'll stay, holding Sampada's hand.

The awkward ukhāṇā; the bride accidentally says her late husband's name instead of her new groom's name:

Çāndīcyā nīrāṃjanāta tūpācī vāta.

Avinash-rāvāṃçaṃ nāṃva ghyāyalā kelī suruvāta.

In a silver lamp, clarified butter for the wick.

I have started to say Master Avinash's name.

The foreshadowing ukhāṇā; the bride inadvertently proclaims herself inauspicious for the household:

Daḷavīñcyā gharāta āza ālī pahā Saṃkrānta.

Māzhe paḍale yā gharāta pahile pāūla, khūśa zhāle Vikrānta.

In the Dalvi household today, look! It's a zodiacal transition (calamity).

With my first footfall in this house, Vikrant is delighted.

The contemptuous ukhāṇā; the groom avoids saying his bride's name and defers to his politician mother figure who insisted on the marriage:

Bhājīta bhājī methīcī.

Māstarāñcyā porīśī lagīna kelaṃ

Kāraṇa Shiva-lā kimmata phakta Ātyābāīñcyā śabdācī.

The vegetable among vegetables is fenugreek.

I married the schoolmaster's daughter

Because Shiva values only Atyabai's order.

An indictment-as-ukhāṇā; the bride names her lover and accuses her groom of killing him:

Saubhāgyāçaṃ leṇaṃ bharalaṃ zātaṃ kuṃkuvānaṃ.

Nāṃva ghete Shiva-çaṃ.

Tyānaṃ maḷavaṭa bharalaṃya mājhyā Gaurav-cyā raktānaṃ.

Wifehood's adornment is completed with vermilion.

I say Shiva's name.

He has painted my forehead-mark with my Gaurav's blood.

I'll conclude with an example of a long ukhāṇā, in which the wife gives her husband a list of what it would take to make her happy:

Çāndīçaṃ tapyālaṃ āṅghoḷīlā,

Candanāçā pāṭa basāyalā,

Zarīkāṭhāçaṃ dhotara nesāyalā,

Sāla Nevaḍyācī, khoḍa Baḍodyāçaṃ, keśarī gandha tyālā,

Pātaḷa sonyāçaṃ tabaka Binalyāçaṃ, barobarīcī kośimbīra jevāyalā,

Gādī Khutanīcī, uśī Morācī, ḍabā Gazanīçā, pāna Mālagāṃvaçaṃ, çunā Bhokarnīçā, supārī Koṃkaṇācī, patrī Bījāpuracī, vara bharazarīçā loḍa...

Bolaṇaṃ kitī amṛtāpekṣā goḍa!

Aśī hausa tara kitī! Hauselā paḍato paikā!

Yashvant-rāvāṃçaṃ nāṃva ghete Mangal.

Zarā nīṭa kāna deūna aikā!

A silver pitcher for the bath,

A sandalwood low-bench to sit,

A gold-embroidered dhotara to wear,

Peel from Nevda, chewing-fibre from Badoda, scented with saffron,

A thin golden saucer from Binala, salad to accompany the meal,

A cushion from Khutani, a pillow from Mora, a box from Gajani, betel-leaf from Malagav, paste from Bhokarni, areca nut from Konkan, various leaves from Bijapur, plus a heavily embroidered bolster...

The conversation is so much sweeter than nectar!

Luxuries like these - so many! Luxuries cost money!

Mangal is saying Master Yashvant's name.

For a moment, pay attention properly, and listen!

Those are some examples of how a couple's relationship can be reflected in their ukhāṇe. I am leaving the situation totally up to whoever wants to take up this prompt.

Ok, this one, I don't even know if anyone comes here anymore, but aaaah!

A super serious gay officer, who is closeted (please make him somewhat based on a character played by Vicky Kaushal, because why not) raids/goes undercover/basically goes to a gay bar but on duty and there is a hella cute guy (based on character played by Ayushmann/Jeetendra Kumar/Ishwak Singh, take your pick) there. The operation goes rogue and he has to spend the night with the said cute man

It's a Bar ne Bana Di Jodi, yaa'll (because Rab, bar, get it?)

Preferred genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Action, Angst

Tagging five people who write the best gay stories on IF that I have read

Tum prompt pe prompt deti jao, main collect karte jaaongi. 😆

And then perhaps one day I will actually write - when I have some real free time and my muse isn't behaving like the Beast from Hell

Originally posted by: oye_nakhrewaali

Ok, this one, I don't even know if anyone comes here anymore, but aaaah!

A super serious gay officer, who is closeted (please make him somewhat based on a character played by Vicky Kaushal, because why not) raids/goes undercover/basically goes to a gay bar but on duty and there is a hella cute guy (based on character played by Ayushmann/Jeetendra Kumar/Ishwak Singh, take your pick) there. The operation goes rogue and he has to spend the night with the said cute man

It's a Bar ne Bana Di Jodi, yaa'll (because Rab, bar, get it?)

Preferred genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Action, Angst

Tagging five people who write the best gay stories on IF that I have read

Ayyyooo☺️🤗 thankuuu❤️

I could put some WLW fluff/angst + action and a whole lotta drama 🥳lemme see when this happens

When I'm a bit more alive

Originally posted by: oye_nakhrewaali

Ok, this one, I don't even know if anyone comes here anymore, but aaaah!

A super serious gay officer, who is closeted (please make him somewhat based on a character played by Vicky Kaushal, because why not) raids/goes undercover/basically goes to a gay bar but on duty and there is a hella cute guy (based on character played by Ayushmann/Jeetendra Kumar/Ishwak Singh, take your pick) there. The operation goes rogue and he has to spend the night with the said cute man

It's a Bar ne Bana Di Jodi, yaa'll (because Rab, bar, get it?)

Preferred genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Action, Angst

Tagging five people who write the best gay stories on IF that I have read

Maybe a two shot... lets see... plot is good... maybe some twist i may add at the end :v